Life Imprint：Printmaking Discourse of Yu Fen Tsai

• Main Authors: Tsai, Yu-Fen, 蔡育芬
• Other Authors: Lin,Syue-Cing
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2017
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/6jecpe

碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 視覺藝術學系 === 105 === The main concept of the discourse is concerning “Life imprinting”. The discussion is mainly on author's lifetime experiences and printmaking creations. Because of being born in Taiwan, the author has been deeply influenced by the beauty of Taiwan primitive art. The series of “Mysterious power” embedded the specific images from the aboriginal culture. Furthermore, the creations of “Life” series, the author went deeper into her personal life experiences. The concepts of “Watch over your life” and “My mother” series were all derived from the old photographs of my family. Through the process of inner reflection as well as skills adjustment, the author transformed the old photographs into art creations via printmaking. The discourse aims to discover the meaning and value of a human being and look forward to bringing the abundant humanities cultivation in art into the children's education in the elementary school where the author teaches. This discourse includes the following chapters: Chapter 1 Introduction: This chapter contains the motivation, purpose, creation methods and structure as well as related terminologies. Chapter 2 Literature review: This chapter discusses the theoretical basis such as Bergson's Impulse of Life, Jung's concept of Collective Subconscious, Roland's Symbol Aesthetics, Dewey's Aesthetic Experience, modern printmaking along with minority printmaking as creation supplement that the author had drawn upon. Chapter 3 Creation practice: Based on primary theoretical basis and relevant concepts, the content, format, materials and techniques of the art series were structured. Chapter 4 Interpretation of the creation: This chapter analyzed the perspectives, format, techniques and the education aspects of the creation. Chapter 5 Conclusion: This section summarized all the main results in this discourse and the implications for further research.